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Carson township, Cottonwood County, MN

262 Population
35.3 square miles 7.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.7 ±15 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Cottonwood County: 40.3 ±1.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 38.8 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,956 ±$12,154 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Cottonwood County: $36,506 ±$1,745
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$85,469 ±$16,702 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Cottonwood County: $72,941 ±$5,820
  • a little less than the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

24.1% ±19.6% (63  ±54) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Cottonwood County: 15% † 1,681 (±2.1% / ±232)
  • more than double the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27 minutes ±16.4 (2,620  ±912) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Cottonwood County: 15.3 73,035 (±1.4 / ±7,481)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 54,914,636 (±0.1 / ±295,702)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

120 ±33 Number of households
  • Cottonwood County: 4,630 ±142
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.8 (262  ±68) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cottonwood County: 2.4 11,084 (±0.1 / ±32)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,601,148
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

126 ±35 Number of housing units
  • Cottonwood County: 5,168 ±63
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$185,600 ±$28,920 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Cottonwood County: $169,300 ±$8,902
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

2.3% ±5.8% (6  ±15.3) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Cottonwood County: 10.1% † 1,141 (±2.1% / ±240.1)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91% ±7.7% (161  ±43.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Cottonwood County: 94.5% 7,193 (±4.9% / ±376.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,685,922 (±0.3% / ±13,417.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.4% ±12.9% (29  ±24) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Cottonwood County: 24.1% † 1,834 (±2.6% / ±199.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 39.4% 1,546,100 (±0.2% / ±8,550.4)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.4% ±1.1% (1  ±3) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Cottonwood County: 7% 796
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 8.7% 497,722
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.3% ±5% (15  ±11) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Cottonwood County: 5.1% † 436 (±0.9% / ±80)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 5.9% 259,988 (±0.1% / ±3,034)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
15 Total veterans ±11 15 Male ±11 N/A Female ±10

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